Looking ahead to the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country...Sat 9th Jan 2016

The Great Edinburgh International Cross Country International is coming up on Saturday the 9th of January and there is coverage of it on BBC 1  from 13:00 to 14:30. Among those on the Senior Womens Team representing Europe is Lizzie Lee from Cork and Fionnuala McCormack.

There will also be a 4 x 1km relay with an Irish team consisting of John Travers, Eoin Everard, Laura Crowe and Kerry O'Flaherty.

The full start list with all the Irish athletes taking part can be seen HERE

This is the timetable of the events....

12.00    Great Edinburgh X Country Junior Men’s 6km* Inc. U17 ID U17 Celtic Nations and U20 Celtic Nations    6k
12.30    Great Edinburgh X Country Junior Women’s 4km* Inc. U17 ID U17 Celtic Nations and U20 Celtic Nations    4k
13.00    BBC coverage starts   
13.06    Great Edinburgh XCountry 4 x 1k Relay    4 x 1k
13.30    Great Edinburgh XCountry Women's 6k    6k
13.57    Great Edinburgh XCountry Men's 8k    8k
14.29    BBC coverage finishes